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Otago Witness, Issue 2371, 10 August 1899, Page 46

A GREAT HISTORICAL PUBLICATION. I»H>ItIMMWHM»tm OTP&O PkWiN T\mES .... chbistmaTlnnual, 1899. TO BE PUBLISHED IN TIME FOR DELIVERY EVERYWHERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. The Propietors of the Otago Daily Times and Witness "wish to lay before the readers of both papers a Synopsis of the Contents of their 1899 CHKISTMAS A.NNUAL, "which will be published at a sufficiently early date to enable its being mailed to the Old Country in time for receipt before Christmas. The main feature -will deal with the Engrossingly interesting subject of WRECKS OF THE COLONY Erom the ante-settlement days up to the middle of 1899. The letterpress, the compilation of which has entailed many months' research among old newspaper files and records of various descriptions, is from the pen of the favorite Witness writer, jmd though fact, not fancy, lias been the prevailing note of the compilation throughout, the narrative is written in a manner which cannot fail to interest the readers from beginning to end. It is at this early stage scarcely possible to give a full list of the photogravures which will illustrate the story of marine disaster on .our rugged coast-line, but they will be worthy cf the subject. The following incomplete enumeration will give readers an idea of the pictorial contents of this section of our coming Christmas Annual :

" The Father recognises his own Child." From special drawing by Miss F. Hodgkins. ."For hours I clung to the spar with my hair { twisted round it." From special drawing by Miss Hodgkins. "The ,Captain's Directions." From special drawing by Miss Hodgkins. •" They rigged a Flag on the Highest Point.' 1 From a drawing by F. E. C. " Abandonment." From a drawing by F. E. C. " Steam to the Eescue." From a drawing by F. E. C. '* Allegro and Ammonier, two valuable horses swimming through the surf." From a drawing by F. E. C. M A Pathetic Tombstone."— Figurehead Derry Castle. * The General Grant's Castaways." An interesting group of passengers and crew clad in their sealskins. S.S. Pelham, wrecked at the Bluff. fi.S. Otago, wrecked at Chasland's Mistake. "Belies of the past"; present condition of the wreck. " Tararua Acre." City of Dunedin, wrecked in Cook Strait, May 20, 1865. iWreck of the s.s. Otago. The Fifeshire saving Crew of the Patricia. " British pluck." iWreck of the s.s. Mataura. 'Officers of the Mataura. iWreck of the s.s. Wairarapa. ;,The Wairarapa's Stewardesses. '3?he Green Cabin at Port Chalmers. JThe Cospatrick. (Wreck of the s.s. Tararua. '£The Jessie Eeadman. :3?ortrait of Captain Matthew Gibson (Jessie Eeadmaa). JWreck of the s.s. Taranaki. The s.s. Kakanui. Stranded. iWreck of the s.s. Elginshire* iWreck of the s.s. Taiaroa. 'Captain Garrard. Boiler of the s.s. Otago; relic of the past. 'Benvenue and City o£ Perth, Timaru beach, 1882. Ship Inconstant, wrecked on Te Aro beach, August 10, 1850 (John Plimmer, father of ■Wellington, standing m foreground). Ship Pleione, ashore on Waikanae beach, March 19, 1888. 'Ocean Mail ashore and s.s. Patea steaming out Patca Eiver Heads, February 11, 1882. Btranding of the John Gamble at Timaru, May 1899. Fairy Queen ashore at Timaru, August, 1873. .Wreck of the City of Cashmere. Wreck of the Grafton. Lonely Grave, Auckland Isles. Dwelling-places of Shipwrecked Crews. Shipwrecked Sailor's Grave. Derry Castle. Derry Castle Hut, Enderby Island. Victoria Post Office, Port Boss. J3.s. Wanaka, wrecked at Puketapu Eeef, New Plymouth. U.S.S. Suva, wrecked near entrance to Westport Harbour. Wreck of the Surat at False Islet, Catlin's Eiver. • *" The breaking up of the s.s. Tekapo. <Jrroup of 14 Wellington Hulks. Etc., Etc., Etc. "FABIAN BELL" has given her interestIng compilation the telling title of "THE TOLL OF THE SEA," lnd explains that it is a complete record of klie chief wrecks which have occurred in New Zealand waters from the year 1795 to the present date, together with the most interesting events connected ■with them.